Sling.



PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. P. L. WEBSTER. SLING.

APPLICATION IILED we. 4, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

WASH! no! UNITED STATES fPatented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,304, dated. April5, 1904.

Application filed August 4, 1903.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, FRANK LESLIE VVEB- STER, a citizen of the Dominionof Canada, residing at l/Vaialua, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slings; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in slings used in handling certaincrops of merchandise and to that class of slings employing a separatoror spreader.

On account of its construction and the ease and the rapidity with whichit may be applied .and released my sling is particularly well adaptedfor use in loading sugar-cane in the field onto cars, as willhereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective abundle suspended in one of my improved slings. Fig. 2 represents in planthe spreader of same. Fig. 3 represents, on a larger scale, an end viewof said spreader. Fig. 4: represents in perspective the rack used forloading my slings.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout theviews.

Referring to the drawings, it will be noted, Fig. 1, that the sling iscomposed of two ropes a a and the spreader Z). These ropes, preferablyof light flexible wire cable, are of equal length and terminate in therings a and c and e and 0, respectively, the rings sand 0 beingconnected together by the ring 0". The rope (4 passes through and isfree to move in a staple (Z, attached to the spreader 6 near one end,while the rope (0 passes through and is free to move in a similar staplecl near the other end of the spreader. The spreader b is preferably madeof pipe or tubing, and a notch It it is cut in the side of said pipebetween its ends and the staples (Z cl, the notches being large enoughto receive the rings c and 6' when the bolts inside the pipe arewithdrawn, Fig. 2. In their normal position the bolts cover thesenotched openings, being held there by spiral springs g inside the pipe.These bolts project at f and f through slots Serial No. 168,196. (Nomodel.)

cut in the pipe 6. A rack or frame (shown in Fig. 4:) made of pipes bentto shape is in two parts It and K1, the ends of one part, In, beingsmall enough to slide inside the ends of the other part,

The mode of operation is as follows: The laborers pile the cut cane intothe bundlingrack, which is made of such dimensions as to hold a suitablesling-load. The sling-ropes a (0 having been previously laid on theground alongside the rack, the ring 6 at the free end of the rope a isbrought up and over the cane in the rack and attached to the spreader b.This is accomplished by first withdrawing the bolt by means of theprojecting end f, moved in the slot j against the action of the springg, and next introducing the ring a in the notched opening it, and thenpermitting the spring to force the bolt through the ring a, locking sameto the spreader. The ring 6' at the free end of the rope a is attachedto the spreader in a similar manner. The rack may then be withdrawn, ifdesired, by separating its parts. The hoisting-rope now being attachedto the ring 0 pulls the ropes a and a, drawing them through the staplessnugly against the load. When the load has been landed in the car, bywithdrawing the bolts by a tap on their handles f the rings a and a areinstantly detached from the spreader Z2, and the sling is then withdrawnfrom the load.

While I have described my invention as applied to loading sugar-cane, itwill appear that'it may be used for any similar crop or merchandise.

l/VhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sling for loading crops or the like, consisting of two ropesconnected together at one end, a spreader having staples near its endsthrough which said ropes pass, and means for quickly connecting ordisconnecting the free ends of said ropes to the ends of the spreader,substantially as described.

2. In a sling of the kind described,a spreader made of tubing 1), havinga staple d, a notched opening it, out near its end, a bolt inside ofsaid spreader its handle f projecting through a slot j, and aspring gfor keeping said bolt normally over said notched opening, substanto thisspecificatidn in the ipieseiice dii two Sill) tially as described.scribing witnesses:

3. A sling of the kind described in combination with a bundling-rack intwo parts 70 FRANK LESLIE WEBSTER 5 and k, for the purpose andsubstantially as Witnesses:

described. AHUNA 'WAIKOLOA,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name A. A. WILSON.

